Livia : First Lady of Imperial Rome

by Anthony A. Barrett

• ISBN13: 9780300102987
• ISBN10: 0300102984
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-01-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Livia--wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-- wielded extraordinary power at the center of Roman politics. In this biography of Livia, the first in English, Anthony Barrett sets aside the portrait of a cunning and sinister schemer to reveal Livia as a complex figure whose enduring political influence helped shape Roman government long after her death.

Author Biography

Anthony A. Barrett, professor of classics at the University of British Columbia

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Preface	ix
Map of the Roman World at the Time of the Death of Livia	xiv
Significant Events	xvii
PART I THE LIFE OF LIVIA
1. Family Background	3	(16)
2. Marriage	19	(9)
3. In the Shadows	28	(17)
4. The Public Figure	45	(28)
5. A New Reign	73	(30)
PART II LIVIAN THEMES
6. The Private Livia	103	(12)
7. Wife of the Emperor	115	(31)
8. Mother of the Emperor	146	(28)
9. Woman of Substance	174	(12)
10. Friend, Patron, and Protector	186	(29)
11. Death and Reputation	215	(14)
APPENDICES
1. Sources	229	(74)
2. The Roman System of Government	303	(2)
3. Livia's Maternal Origins	305	(2)
4. Livia's Name	307	(2)
5. Livia's Birthdate	309	(2)
6. Husbands of Scribonia	311	(2)
7. The Birth of Drusus	313	(2)
8. Livia's Aedes and the Temple of Concord	315	(2)
9. The Domus Augusta	317	(1)
10. The Conspiracy of Cornelius Cinna	318	(2)
11. The Celebration 0f Livia's Marriage	320	(1)
12. Palatine Vesta	321	(1)
13. The Title Augusta in the Julio-Claudian Period	322	(2)
14. Antonia as Augusta	324	(2)
15. Augustus' Palatine Residence	326	(3)
16. Livia's Festival on the Palatine	329	(1)
17. Date of the Letter to the Samfans	330	(3)
18. The Cult of Bona Dea and Livia	333	(2)
19. Agrippina and Livia in AD 28-29	335	(2)
Abbreviations	337	(10)
Notes	347	(40)
Bibliography	387	(26)
Index	413